Privacy Policy
Librona ("we", "us") runs this personal reading tracker. This page explains, in plain language, what information Librona handles, why, and what you can do about it.
The short version
- We collect your email address and the reading data you put into Librona, so you can sign in and see your shelf on any device.
- We do not show ads, sell your data, or use analytics or tracking tools.
- We do not use your data to train any AI or machine-learning model.
- You can clear your saved shelf yourself, and ask us to delete your whole account.
What we collect
- Account details. Your email address and a password. The password is handled by our sign-in provider and is stored only in hashed form. We never see it.
- Your library. Everything you add to Librona: book titles, authors, ISBNs, page counts and progress, reading status, ratings, notes, moods and genres, cover image links, dates, and your reading sessions (start and end times, length, pages and mood). Your settings, such as reminder and sound preferences, are saved with it.
- Files you import. When you import a CSV or Excel file, it is read inside your browser. Only the book details taken from it are saved to your library; the file itself is not uploaded.
We do not ask for your name, location, contacts, or payment details.
Why we use it
We use your email and password to sign you in, and your library data to store your shelf and show it back to you on any device you sign in from. That is the only purpose. We process this information because it is needed to provide the service you asked for.
Where it is stored
- Our database provider stores your account and your library. Each signed-in user can only reach their own library.
- Our web host serves the Librona website and keeps short-term request logs, which include your IP address, browser type, and the pages requested.
These providers may process data in countries other than the one you live in. They handle it under their own privacy and security terms.
Other services your browser contacts
- Open Library (Internet Archive). To show book covers, your browser loads cover images from covers.openlibrary.org using the book's ISBN, which may hand the request on to archive.org. When you choose "Refresh covers" in Settings, it also checks which covers exist. Open Library receives the ISBN, your IP address, and your browser details. It does not receive your email, titles, notes, or anything else from your library.
- Cover links from imported files. If a file you import contains a cover image link to another website, your browser loads the image from that website, which then sees your IP address and browser details.
Librona's typefaces are served from Librona's own website, so no font service is contacted.
What stays on your device
Librona uses your browser's local storage, not tracking cookies. It keeps:
- your sign-in session, so you stay signed in;
- a copy of your library, so the app opens quickly and keeps working through brief connection problems;
- up to five earlier copies of your shelf, kept so a newer version is never lost by accident;
- any shelf saved by an older version of Librona from before accounts existed;
- a copy of the Librona website files, so it can open as an installed app and still load when the connection is brief or missing. Those files do not include your password.
Each account's copies are kept apart, and one account never sees another account's copies. When you sign out on a device, Librona removes your account's copies from that browser. The shelf saved before accounts existed is not removed, because it may belong to someone else who uses that computer; Librona offers it to an account only after you confirm it is yours. If your session ends another way, for example it expires or you choose "Sign out everywhere" on another device, the copies stay so unsaved changes are not lost, and they are removed the next time you sign out on that device. On a shared or public computer, you can also clear this site's data in your browser settings.
Reminder notifications and the chime sounds are created by your browser on your device. Notifications appear only if you allow them, and nothing about them is sent to us.
What we do not do
- No advertising and no ad networks.
- No selling, renting, or trading of your information.
- No analytics, tracking pixels, or tracking cookies.
- No use of your data to train AI or machine-learning models.
We only share information with the providers described on this page, as needed to run Librona, or when the law requires it.
Your choices and how to delete your data
- See and take a copy. Export your library as a CSV or Excel file from Settings at any time.
- Correct. Edit any book, note, or setting in the app.
- Clear your shelf. "Remove old shelf" in Settings deletes the library saved for your account, and your account's copies in that browser, including the earlier copies it kept. Your account stays.
- Sign out everywhere. "Sign out everywhere" in Settings ends your sessions on every device. Each device may stay signed in for up to an hour until its access expires.
- Delete your account. Email info@librona.app from the address you signed up with and ask us to delete your account. Deleting the account also deletes your saved library.
Depending on where you live, you may have further rights, such as to object to or restrict how your data is used, or to complain to a data protection authority. Contact us and we will help.
How long we keep it
We keep your account and library for as long as your account exists. When you clear your shelf or we delete your account, the data is removed from the live database. Our providers may keep it in their routine backups and logs for a limited time before it is overwritten.
Children
Librona is not directed at children under 13, or under 16 in the European Union and the United Kingdom. We do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
Security
Librona is served over HTTPS, passwords are never stored in readable form, and each library is kept private to its owner. No online service can be perfectly secure, so please use a strong password you do not use elsewhere, and keep your own export of your library.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update this page and the effective date above. If a change is significant, we will make it clear in the app before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions or requests: info@librona.app.